After a long hiatus I have returned to playing Napoleonic battles with my old friend Andrew R. Normally Tuesday evenings is the best for both of us, we were scheduled for this evening but the G20 had other plans for Andrew. Was going to put off till next week, but Andrew decided that it was best be strike straight away, probably less chance of me finding an excuse to put of a good flogging!
Right as mentioned in another post we use the WRG rule set Wargames Rules 1685-1845. Yes they are 30 odd years old, but I don't have a problem with them, neither does Andrew.
Here is my Prussian List for the day.
Prussians |
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Headquarters |
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Commander in Chief |
1 |
Command Element |
Chief of Staff |
1 |
Prussian staff |
Grenadier Battalion |
10 |
Elite line infantry |
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2 |
Elite line infantry trained to skirmish |
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1st Infantry Half-Brigade |
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Infantry Commander |
1 |
Prussian staff |
Hussars |
6 |
Trained light cavalry |
Field Artillery Battery
(six 6 pdr guns, two 7 pdr howitzer)
(can be deployed in half-batteries) |
13 |
Trained gunners |
4 |
Light-medium artillery pieces |
4 |
Four horse limbers with trained drivers |
Regular Infantry Regiment |
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1st (Musketeer) Battalion |
12 |
Trained line infantry |
2nd (Musketeer) Battalion |
12 |
Trained line infantry |
3rd (Fusilier) Battalion |
10 |
Trained line infantry |
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2 |
Trained line infantry |
11th
Reserve Infantry Regiment (2nd Silesian Regiment) |
1st (Musketeer) Battalion |
16 |
Raw line infantry |
2nd (Musketeer) Battalion |
16 |
Raw line infantry |
3rd (Fusilier) Battalion |
16 |
Raw line infantry |
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2nd Infantry Half-Brigade |
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Infantry Commander |
1 |
Prussian staff |
Hussars |
6 |
Trained light cavalry |
Field Artillery Battery
(six 6 pdr guns, two 7 pdr howitzer)
(can be deployed in half-batteries) |
13 |
Trained gunners |
4 |
Light-medium artillery pieces |
4 |
Four horse limbers with trained drivers |
Regular Infantry Regiment |
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1st (Musketeer) Battalion |
12 |
Trained line infantry |
2nd (Musketeer) Battalion |
12 |
Trained line infantry |
3rd (Fusilier) Battalion |
10 |
Trained line infantry |
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2 |
Trained line infantry |
Landwehr Infantry Regiment |
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1st (Landwehr) Battalion |
12 |
Raw line infantry |
2nd (Landwehr) Battalion |
12 |
Raw line infantry |
3rd (Landwehr) Battalion |
12 |
Raw line infantry |
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Cavalry |
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Cavalry Commander |
1 |
Prussian staff |
Dragoons |
12 |
Trained heavy cavalry |
Landwehr |
9 |
Raw lancers |
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I'm hoping Andrew will supply me his French list which I shall include as an edit.
Here are some photos of the day. Needless to say I was flogged good. My die will be binned, as they failed on all fronts except one, where on barrage from the right flank artillery butchered 6 out of 12 French troops. Pity I could not keep that sort of luck up!
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My opponent Andrew and his French! |
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My left flank advances. |
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My right flank decide to stay put and let them come to us. |
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Advance, always move forward, unless the artillery spoil you day. |
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Right flank continue to observe the French advance. |
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Advancing to engage those French. Cavalry ready to charge. |
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French advancing on my artillery. Lancers ready to engage. |
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Right flank, nothing happening prior to artillery phase from French. |
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French chase of the artillery crew. Hussars mauled by French artillery.
Lancers (raw) not happy to see French cavalry opposite them. |
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Dragoons peel of from flank to support the Lancers.
Prussians learn to charge, sometimes. |
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Finally movement from the Prussians on the right flank. |
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Lancers countercharge the French dragoons.
Prussians learn that not all charges ram home. |
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Lancers bolt with the French hard in pursuit.
Other Prussians joining the rout. |
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Left flank starting to crumble. |
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Death by musketry. Flank certainly lost. |
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Right flank broken. Landwehr hiding in stone building and refusing to come out. |
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